A Question of Paternity
My Life as an Unaffiliated Reporter
“Tereshchuk’s quest for truth, about both his immediate family and the stories he’s covered around the world, resonates through the pages of A Question of Paternity, an exceptional memoir at once moving, shocking, and heroic.”
—CARL BERNSTEIN
Investigative journalist and author of Chasing History & All the President’s Men
David Tereshchuk leapt from an impoverished childhood in a small town on the English-Scottish border to a high-flying career as a TV journalist, first in London, then New York. During his working life, he extracted revealing answers from tyrants and the oppressed, but could never coax his mother into revealing who his father was — even after she told him, in his 50s, that she had been raped at the age of 15 by a priest.
Alongside his career, the search for his mother’s alleged abuser has haunted him, adding layers of extra stress to a life already burdened by alcoholism and insecurity. This is his astonishing story, one that narrates an insistent personal struggle against the background of tumultuous moments in 20th and 21st century history.
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